CN 7216 under CBAM — Angles, Channels & Sections
Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel
Structural angles, channels, beams, tees and other hot-rolled sections — the skeleton of construction and fabrication. Indian section mills, from the integrated producers to the re-rolling clusters, export to EU stockholders and fabricators under this heading. Fabricated structures made from these sections fall separately under CN 7308.
Where the emissions in CN 7216 come from
Sections follow the same route split as bars: BF-BOF at the large mills, DRI + induction furnace and billet re-rolling across the secondary sector. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative — defaults are set high so that not filing actuals always costs more. Indian BF-BOF actuals typically land around 2.1–2.2 tCO₂/t of crude steel, while the defaults applied to Indian BF-route steel sit far higher, in the 3.5–5.0+ tCO₂/t range shown on our steel lander — a gap your buyer pays for until verified actuals close it.
Why we don’t print a default value here
The EU publishes and updates specific default values per goods category separately — quoting a stale number would mislead you. What never changes: defaults are set deliberately high, and the markup escalates from 10% in 2026 to 30% by 2028 for steel and aluminium (free-allowance phase-out runs to 2034). Use the CBAM calculator for a current, product-specific estimate.
Exporting under CN 7216? Three moves, in order.
- 01
Identify your production route and precursors
Confirm the route behind your sections — own steelmaking or purchased billets/blooms (precursors) — and whether any product is fabricated further (which may shift it to CN 7308).
- 02
Collect the data you already have
Furnace and reheating fuel records, electricity bills, billet purchase documentation, section-mill production logs.
- 03
File verified actuals, not defaults
Have the numbers computed to the EU CBAM methodology and verified, then hand your EU buyer’s Authorised Declarant a filing they can use. Verified actuals typically cut the CBAM cost by up to ~40% versus default values — and the default markup only gets worse, escalating from 10% in 2026 to 30% by 2028 for steel and aluminium.
Free this quarter: We cover your first report (April–June 2026) so an inflated EU default never costs you an order. Continue only if you choose to. Free for the April–June 2026 quarter — start your report by 30 September 2026.
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